Chapter 224 Eight thousand fine riders
Tengguo Camp.
Everyone was still a little worried, and Zhang Liao didn't understand: "Lord, we didn't develop well southward, why did we suddenly go north?"
Lu Bu pointed to Hefei with a small branch: "When we get here, we have no room for development to the south. The main force of the Xuzhou army is dominated by northerners, and it must adapt to the climate in the south. It is rainy in the south, and the bows and arrows are often wet, and the range is also affected. So we still need to do a lot to march to the south, but the north is different."
One of the main forces in Lu Bu’s army was counted as one, and they were all from the north, especially when they arrived at the grasslands of Youzhou, they were like going home.
Gao Shun suggested: "Our army heads north from Jinan County, with the supply line along the road for more than a thousand miles. My suggestion is to take down Qingzhou first and then go north?"
"Before sending the troops, Chen Gong, Zhuge Jin, and Yu Ji all expressed their opinions. Although Qingzhou is large in size, it was injured by the Yellow Turbans, and nine out of ten houses were empty. Yuan Shao had very few troops. In the past, the cavalry was maneuvering quickly and passed directly, without paying attention to the garrison of Jinan County. Our goal was Youzhou. When Yuan Shao destroyed Gongsun Zan, we attacked quickly, and took the southern part of Youzhou under the banner of revenge for Gongsun Zan, and obtained the resources of war horses on the northern grasslands."
When Gao Shun saw that the lord's old problem had been broken again, he ignored his head and tail, and thought that the army had passed by, what should the baggage team do?
"How does the baggage pass?"
Zhang Liao clenched his fists and clattered: "We are at home in the local battle, but when we go to other places, we are away. What kind of supplies are needed? Eight thousand people can do it casually."
Gao Shun didn't say anything, but he was quite clear. It turned out that Dong Zhuo's army generally did not carry baggage, and he would always be cruel when he went wherever he went.
"In the early stage, I have arranged for the caravan to prepare, and later I will obtain supplies from Yuan Shao's army or Youzhou army. After taking Youzhou, I will notify you to take Jinan County. Jinan County will immediately strangle Qingzhou's throat and connect Xuzhou and Youzhou. There are also corresponding arrangements for Cao's army. At that time, you can just take care of Jinan County."
Gao Shun looked at the map and pondered for a long time. He took down Danyang County and obtained 30,000 troops. In fact, the Xuzhou army still has a 100,000 army. The Teng State army has more than 10,000 troops, the Langya army has more than 10,000 troops, and Xuzhou has not allocated more than 10,000 troops. They have been trained for one or two years, but have not experienced the battle formation. They have eaten food and have no money to get it. Only the battle formation can enable these soldiers to achieve military merits and exercise their combat effectiveness. If they don’t fight, they will always be new soldiers.
"Don't worry, lord, I will definitely guard Teng Country."
Lu Bu laughed and said, "I had no strategy at first, Meng De had no courage, and the Jiangdong children were already scared. Don't worry too much, just follow the steps."
Lu Bu made some arrangements. After half a month, he refused to send troops north and only waited in Teng Kingdom.
In the past half month, eight thousand cavalry conducted joint exercises because they were not part of the same team and the war horses were different. After the past half month of training, the coordination between the various departments was smoother, and Lu Bu was able to command smoothly.
During this period, all the equipment was in place, including the double stirrups with metal rings, the saddle of the Takahashi. Each person had a mulberry-wood composite riding bow, a small continuous crossbow, and the armor of the cavalry was also neat.
It is worth mentioning that the small crossbow Lu Bu has made improvements. The steel-wood composite bow arm is only two feet long and the pulling force is only half a stone. It quickly rises through the wrench on the crossbow body. The arrow box automatically drops the arrow and can shoot twenty feet. The sharp wolf teeth of the chopstick-sized arrow can easily pierce the cowhide armor. It is most suitable for close-range charges.
The army headed north and entered the Qingzhou border. It was early summer when wheat harvests were harvesting. The army marched in the morning and evening, rested at noon, and did not set up camps, and marched more than a hundred miles a day.
The soldiers still thought of coming to another place to fight, so they could make some money, but Lu Bu said: "Strictly guard the military orders, those who violate them will be killed."
Of course, war is different from usual. Even if you don’t have any military achievements, it will be a subsidy of 200 million yuan per month.
Zhang Liao was a little confused: "Lord, if we are not forced to take over this journey, we will not be able to eat enough."
"Whether it is Youzhou or Qingzhou, it will be our territory in the future. Our people will not grow any grass in the place where the riots pass by, which will hurt our nature. Don't worry, the caravan has arranged all the supplies along the way."
From Teng Kingdom to Jinan County, there were no supplies along the way. The food and horse materials I brought were eaten.
The head-fire army began to be anxious, only the big pot was there, and there was nothing else.
Hao Meng and Zhang Liao both looked at Lu Bu and what could he do?
Lu Bu pointed to the large yard on the roadside in front and said, "Don't worry, the large yard in front will arrange the materials prepared some time ago, so let's pick up the materials."
The guardian of the warehouse was a small old man, thin and thin, living in a straw shed at the entrance of the large yard.
"General, you are here."
"Here, no one has entered the yard during this period, right?"
"No, don't worry, General."
This yard is so big, with 20 or 30 houses in three yards.
The old man opened the yard, led the way, and entered the room.
I was surprised to find that it was filled with boxes of old pickles, leek flowers, noodles, cornmeal, bran, etc.
The old man was so surprised. The generals were relieved. When they were in the army and had no money, they could slow down. With Lu Bu's prestige, there was no big deal if they didn't pay money for a year. But they couldn't have food, so what to eat and drink without food?"
"General, why did you let the old man guard such important supplies? If I had known this, I would have called more people to come." The old man was scared and sweated. If he lost this, it would have been a crime of cutting his head.
"Otherwise, if there are too many guards here, it will be easy to attract others' attention. No one will pay attention to it. Okay, your task is completed, go back to the village." Lu Bu arranged for someone to get a few hundred cents of money for the old man and sent him away.
There are a lot of horse grass in the wild, and a little salt is added to the bran and corn flour. This is the essence. Horses only eat grass but don’t have the energy to fight.
The materials were counted and distributed, just enough for five days, and they arrived in Youzhou in five days.
Zhang Liao sighed: "My lord started preparing several months in advance to fight this battle. The material transfer cost a lot."
Lu Bu pointed to the city of Jinan dozens of miles away: "In fact, when our army drove outside the city, the city would send out food, grass and supplies. It was just that it was not easy for the people and they couldn't bear it."
This kind of thing should not be too easy. Once you find a big family to station near you, the big family will have to come to work hard immediately. Lu Bu just disdained it.
Jinan City, the county magistrate's yamen.
County Magistrate Li wiped the sweat from his forehead. Lu Bu, who was so desperate, ran over, but he was still eight thousand cavalrymen, and he couldn't beat him.
The horse stumbled on one knee to report: "Sir Hui, Lu Bu's army has already gone north, but it's quite strange."
Chapter completed!